Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons TPH
Meaning, Term, and Glossary Definition - What is Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons TPH?
Measure of the concentration or mass of petroleum hydrocarbon constituents present in a given amount of soil or water. The word "total" is a misnomer--few, if any, of the procedures for quantifying hydrocarbons can measure all of them in a given sample. Volatile ones are usually lost in the process and not quantified and non-petroleum hydrocarbons sometimes appear in the analysis.
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Chlorinated Hydrocarbons Hydrocarbons HC Petroleum Petroleum Derivatives Total Pressure Total Dissolved Phosphorous Total Dissolved Solids TDS Total Recovered Petroleum Hydrocarbon Total Suspended Particles TSP 
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